Judas and the Black Messiah is an electrifying and contemplative biopic about Black Panther party chairman Fred Hampton and the plot to bring him down Of the movies that have come out after last year's Black Lives Matter protests, Judas and the Black Messiah is perhaps the most essential. A raw and in the trenches…
Coming Home in the Dark follows a family on a road trip in the New Zealand mountains that is isolated and tormented by an unknown assailant While Coming Home in the Dark doesn't bring anything new to the thriller genre, it is an anxiety-inducing mean and lean entry that is the perfect kind of Midnight…
Nicolas Cage is on a mission to return a missing woman in the Japanese Wild West post-apocalyptic hellscape that is Prisoners of the Ghostland Prisoners of the Ghostland is easily the wildest film of Nicolas Cage's epic career. Mixing elements of Escape from New York and Mad Max: Fury Road with acid, the result is…
Mass watches as four people come together to talk through an old wound that has been preventing them from moving on with their lives Mass is a stunningly raw and emotional journey through trauma, grief, and healing featuring four tour-de-force performances that'll leave you breathless. Four people gather in a small room in the back…
John and the Hole follows a teen named John who holds his entire family captive in a deep concrete hole in the middle of the woods. John and the Hole as an intriguing enough premise holds you for some of its running time, but its lack of commitment to the black comedy or biting satire…
A doctor and a park ranger venture into the forest to find a research hub that went quiet in In the Earth. However, after a run-in with a stranger, they get more than they bargained for. In the Earth is a hypnotic, psychedelic, and anxiety-inducing assault on the senses that invokes comparisons to the best…
Flee follows an Afghan refugee's journey with his family to find safety in Europe. Years later he recounts the story to a friend who documents the story through animation. Flee is a great argument for animation's place in documentary filmmaking. Though we've seen refugee stories before, this one is specific and intimate. Filled with nuances…
Coda follows the only hearing member of a culturally deaf family as she finds her voice as part of her school's choir Coda starts Sundance 2021 off on a high note. While it doesn't stray too far from its familiar coming-of-age dramedy plot, its keen observations of the hardships and joys of being deaf in…
The titular Promising Young Woman spends her nights baiting male predators into taking her home with them and teaching them a lesson they'll never forget Promising Young Woman balances its serious subject matter with a darkly comedic tone and satisfyingly entertaining revenge narrative that feels like a centerpiece of the #MeToo era. Add in a…
The Midnight Sky follows a cataclysmic event that leaves a scientist alone in the Artic and a spaceship returning home in the dark The Midnight Sky combines the story of Interstellar with the action set pieces of Gravity but ends up being less than stellar and unable to leave the ground. ▶︎ Streaming on Netflix…
